Department of Defence Annual Report 2008-2009

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Output
Defence Policy
advice and policy
support to the
DOD
Performance
Measure
Timelines,
relevance and
quality of policy
advice and support
to the DOD
Annual Target
DOD foreign
relations activities
alignment with
South African
Foreign, Defence
and Security
policies and
ongoing Defence
Co-operation
plans with key
international
partners
Actual Target
Achievement
Serviced various
defence co-operation
agreements in terms
of implementation and
monitoring
Reason(s) for
Over/Under
Achievement
Serviced various
defence cooperation
agreements
in terms of
implementation
and monitoring
Effect of Programme/Subprogramme Output Achievement on ENE Vote 19 Purpose, Objectives and
Measures.
The Subprogramme Defence International Affairs successfully provided advice to the Minister and the DOD on
key Defence International Affairs Policy issues.
SUBPROGRAMME: FINANCIAL SERVICES
Overview
During the year under review, the Financial
Services Subprogramme continued to focus on the
improvement of service delivery and cleaning up
the audit report.
The Financial Management Division (FMD) was
restructured for cost-effectiveness and improved
service delivery, with the aim of broadening the scope
of implementation of the public nance regulatory
framework, by establishing a dedicated nancial
support ofce in the ofce of the C SANDF. This
occurred within the existing constraints of the
old legacy resource management systems, which
assisted in the enhancement and reinforcement of
the DOD’s accountability arrangements.
The old disintegrated information management
systems still pose a challenge for the DOD. This
is hampering accurate reporting as the National
Treasury increases reporting requirements on
an annual basis. As a result, the DOD will not
achieve unqualied nancial statements in the
year under review, unless the National Treasury
authorises exemptions. The FMD is constantly
making improvements to the nancial management
system and is participating in all National Treasury
initiatives, in order to overcome this challenge. The
achievement of the objective to be 95% staffed has
been impeded by the slow stafng process. The
HR Division is however, addressing the problem at
corporate level.
In an effort to clean up the audit report, enhance
internal controls and prevent possible further
audit qualications, the DOD has contracted
consultants. In addition, the consultants are training
and transferring skills to the DOD personnel and
are assisting with improving governance and
the risk-management framework. The project
implementation commenced in December 2008,
and the full benets will be realised in the next
reporting period.
Measurable Objective
To provide a cost-effective nancial management
service to the DOD within the evolving regulatory
framework by means of a professional, representative
civilian nancial management corps, which is
supported by an appropriate nancial management
system.
Output Detail
Details of Financial Services Output for FY 2008/09
are provided in table 2.7
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